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sztrouhle-. morrow if there is a recognition of the
illsm. We fact that the will of the Irish people
1111 Hunger must prevail, and that armed assaults
311)’ people upon that will, will not be tolerated.
e‘ slums of There is no humiliation in any section
get‘ food as of the people of the country bowing to the
, which is ascertained will of the majority, but there
‘wliiclitlie is great folly and great criminality in re-
ig to bring sisting that will. All that has arisen in
sthe Gov; this discussion moves around the one
civil war. fundamental question as to whether or
‘rovernment not this Government and this Nation is
a duty to going to continue functioning. If it is
is country, to continue to function, then the Govern-
immediate ment must take steps to see that that
exit is con. will be secured, and if the Government
ited in the fails to do that, either they will be swept
il, Iven. aside and replaced by a more effective
ilar friends Government, or the Irish Nation will be
ad if they swept aside, and will go down in utter
Home 9;. defeat and extermination at the hands
small sec. of those who seem to have no other object
revolt and than a glorified conception of anarchy as
Republic, the supreme goal for all human effort-.
ation with’ I do not think that ideal is endorsed
m‘11 raise here. Even those who have expressed
., the Gov. sympathy with those ideals, or have ex-
c,” and if pressed something bordering upon sym-
as the Ir. V pathy, in their calmer and more lucid
ie present moments have, I think, recognised the
,1 that the fact that the Government is trying to do
Authority its best for Ireland, and I think the duty
have very of every citizen is to try to help the
a the last Government and Ireland to do the right
stores the thing in any circumstances that arise.
Repullhc Mr. GAFFNEY: There are some
R9P“bhC- matters to which I would like to draw
. We are attention. There is the question of pay-
embly of meat to Army Officers, N.C.Os., and
iaister fgf men of the Regular Army. I would like
iacs. lie to know what way promotion is carried
ad 011 ‘i5 on. Does it take place through favourit-
le all that ism, or are certain positions in the Army
9 GOVEN1‘ given to relations and friends of those
tliority to who might happen to be in charge in a
with pill? particular area? Then, there is the ques-
, then 1‘ tion of dcpendcnt’s allowances. I and
;'goingl0 other members of the Dail have had
advance? letters complaining of the way in which
,ction all the dependents of troops have been
mperhan neglected. In the case of a motlior and
JohnS0"i , five children living at Tullow, the eldest
gdutyo son is in Cork, and the mother has
at to,pf.9' got no allowance. There are other
ycoillle” cases, too. The next matter I wish
Everyone A to refer to deals with civilians at-
igfce, but tachecl to the units. I understood
[fate 1)“ they would not be wearing uniform.
.mg ml I understanrlthey are wearing uniform
at we 21'? now. Asregards clothing, I have a
[Edam
geace to
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question in connection with it. Recently.
I saw a quotation in an English paper,
" The Outfitter,” in which it was said
an order was given for Free State uni-
forms with gilt buttons, and it went on
to describe the class of cloth. A I want to
know why these could not be made in
Ireland. In many parts of the country
troops are using Bass’s Ale, connected
with the manufacture of which is a
bitter opponent of Irish aspirations at
all times. Yet his ale is being used, or
has up to recently been used. I have
no information that it is not being used
at present. It is drunk in preference to
ales manufactured in many areas in
which troops are stationed. As regards
coal, I would like that some attention
be given to the use of Irish coal. This
seems to be more or less sadly neglected
and it would be well that Irish coal
would be used in future. Then there is
the question about the way contracts
were given out. Certain people seem to
be getting the monopoly, and other
people who had contracts complain that
they are not getting payment. In one
instance a man had a contract with the
Carlow Military Barracks. He had no
association with Republicanism; there
was no evidence to convict him of any
act of association with Republicans.
His contract was taken from him, and
when he went to look for some money--
he was a man with a wife and three chil-
drcn-he was told that if he asked for
any more he would be kept inside. I
wish to refer to another matter, and that
is the manner in which troops niovo
through the city and country and the
defiant attitude they adopt. I had one
experience myself, and if I had a weapon
available it would have been neck for
neck. The first thing was I was accosted
by an officer who came up with a re-
volver and almost flung it into the faces
of myself and a. friend, another young
man, who was walking with me through
the town. In connection with this par’-
ticular oflicer, a Capt. Farrell, I asked
the oflicer in charge of. the area, and the
answer he gave me was: “ That fellow
is mad.” ‘Apparently, I suppose, it was
the right thing to have a. man, ac-
counted to be mad, going round
with a revolver, holding people up.
Another thing; quite recently there was
a prisoner taken in the county Carlow--
a prisoner who did‘ good work against the
Tans, and a man who had held to the